Traffic accidents under the effect of the Gulf crisis

Examining the effects of site selection criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of traffic safety countermeasures

“…In fact, this topic has been researched thoroughly over the last 30 years (Hauer, 1980a(Hauer, , 1980b(Hauer, , 1997Abbess et al, 1981;Hauel et al, 1983;Danielsson, 1986;Wright et al, 1988;Davis, 2000;MirandaMoreno et al, 2009;Maher and Mountain, 2009;Rock, 1995;Hamed et al, 1999), where researchers have developed and applied various methods to minimize known biases associated with crash data. Developing precise and reliable methods to evaluate countermeasure effectiveness is crucial, since erroneously measuring the safety effects could have important consequences both in terms of lives saved and wasted funds.…”

Driving in the fasting month of Ramadan: An observational study on speeding, horn honking, and using seat belts

“…The main limitation of this study concerns its methodology of unobtrusive observations which makes it difficult to rule out possible confounding variables (see Hamed, Al-Eideh, & Al-Sharif, 1999). As Ramadan period was considered as a macro-level sociocultural factor, individual level data could not be gathered about whether the observed drivers were fasting or not.…”